Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there.
•Top 10 Games To Play When You’re Depressed [Calm Down Tom] Note, this is not the advice of a professional therapist. That accounts for Dead Rising 2 on this list, and not something like Flower or Scribblenauts.
•52 Video Games and Their Movie Doppelgangers [UGO] Some of these make a lot of sense – Fallout 3, Book of Eli. Some are just because Hollywood and games borrow liberally from each others’ themes. Some – Madden and Any Given Sunday? – are a reach.
•Five Reasons Gaming on a Mac Will No Longer Suck [iSmashPhone] Look, I’m a Mac user of the past 25 years and a hardcore gamer. This train ain’t coming. Gaming on the Mac will always suck.
•Five Things We Learned From Counter-Strike [Joystick Division] The lesson about witch hunts is particularly hilarious. And true.
•25 Ways Nintendo Changed The Game [Ranker] When I got down to No. 5 – the R.O.B. (yes) – I realized this more of a list of “25 Things Nintendo Has Done.” Although “Donkey Kong propels structured narrative” is a bit of a whopper, too.
